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These packages are designed to give your brand a boost. From Mini Muffin to Monster Muffin, all of our packages include brand identity and web design. The differences cover add-ons from digital ad campaigns, to email marketing and photoshoots — so you get the benefits of big agency creative and know-how, no matter where you begin.

2. Choose your design

We’ve simplified the traditional web design process by creating a stunning library of designs that we know will make you shine. While a lot of them are industry-specific, we encourage you to choose the one you that gets you most excited. And don’t worry – if once we get started, you think a different design would be better suited to your needs, you can change your mind – no frills, no penalties, no I told you so’s. And, if you’re just not sure, we can start with a consultation session to get you on the best path.

3. Reserve your spot

Once you’ve checked out, one of our associates will contact you to set up your start date and get your project started.

Roadmapping

What’s Included:

1 hour in-person or virtual consultation session, designed to analyze the in’s and out’s of your business.

A crystal clear breakdown of your business model, core offerings, ideal customer, brand message, and an analysis of what’s working and what’s not.

Strategic plan-of-action and pre-project checklist for you to use as a compass in your upcoming business revamp.

A list of both free and paid creative resources that we think you should tap into in preparation for your launch.

A suggestion for which Brand Muffin™ package we think you should move forward with and a $100 voucher to use towards your investment!

Who Roadmapping is for:

Still in the idea stage, but not 100% sure on how (or if) you should move forward? For new entrepreneurs, a consultation session is a great way to get clear on the core aspects of your business plan: what you’re offering, who you’re offering it to, and how you’ll make money. Regardless of if you move forward with a Brand Muffins™ package, this is a great opportunity to carve out a path for your next big idea!

Unsure if you need a new website? Hesistant to invest in a reBrand? Ready to begin, but don’t know which Brand Muffins™ package or design is best for your business? Whatever your questions, we’re here to help.

Our roadmapping sessions are designed to bring clarity to what’s working and what’s not working in your business, so that you can make the best decisions moving forward.

Mini Muffin

What’s Included:

A strategic 30 min. roadmapping session to map out our project

A brand identity and style guide designed to make your brand stand apart.

A copy of our Guide to Email Marketing

A coming soon page, so you can collect email addresses pre-launch

Mobile-friendly and responsive WordPress website design and build

Award winning copywriting for your website and brand materials

Your choice of 2 press releases or email blasts to go out during launch week

SEO Setup and implementation on your new WordPress website

1 post-project follow up call to check in with your brand’s post-launch progress

Who the Mini Muffin package is for:

Small business owners looking to make the leap and invest in their brand, possibly for the first time. Perhaps your business is still in the idea stage, or maybe you skipped over this process entirely and aren’t clearly defining who you are as a brand in the marketplace. Sound like you? We’ll start you off small and pack a punch with our sweetest package. It’s an investment that will send your business flying sky-high.

Those designated “DIYers” – small business owners who launched their brand 2-3 years ago, bootstrapped their branding and website, and have worn all the marketing hats ever since. Your brand has the solid foundation it needs and business is good – but you’re crying for help. You just don’t have the time. You’re ready to hand off the reins to someone capable of taking your brand to the next level, from DIY to clean and professional. Sound like you? Our Mojo will give your brand the freshening it needs and kick it up a notch to catapult your business forward.

Monster Muffin

Everything in the Mini and Mojo Muffin, plus…

The creation of a compelling video for your website and social media.

A 3-hour photoshoot of branded imagery for your website.

Who the Monster Muffin package is for:

Seasoned entrepreneurs who just need to bring out the big guns. You’ve been in business for over 3 years, and you know what sells and what doesn’t when it comes to your brand. You’re super busy, and we totally get it. You no longer have the time to stay on top of your web presence, and you’re in desperate need of a brand makeover. Sound like you? Sometimes bigger really is better – bursting with flavor, this package will get you monster results.

Remedy

Remedy is a design for spas, beauty and wellness businesses. Intentionally designed to make appointment bookings efficient and showcasing your services and treatments effortless, this design marries grace with style, and gives your clients a soothing experience, before they even step through your doors.

Whether you own a salon, a spa or a massage therapy practice — or you just like the look and feel of Remedy — choose this design and we’ll make it uniquely yours. Remedy will bring beauty and simplicity to any industry or business, perfectly displaying your content and setting your brand apart from the rest.

Lawson

Lawson is a design for ladies with briefcases. Financial and accounting professionals, lawyers, property and real estate agents, this one’s for you. We have designed a professional and friendly-feel to highlight your skillset, display your services, and invite prospective clients to get in touch.

Whether you’re in a financial or legal field, or you’re a consultant or online business owner in need of a digital storefront to display your services, Lawson is a great choice for any business owner who is the key personality behind a professional services offering.

Casa

Casa is a design for boutiques and stores. Whether you have a brick-and-mortar shop, an online store, or both, Casa is designed to create a minimalist brand experience that your customers will love.

Choose the optional e-commerce add-on, and make your design more than just an experience – make it a store! Sell products, update inventory, and manage orders with an easy-to-use sales dashboard from Shopify, our e-commerce platform of choice.

Whether you own a shop, or you’re a designer preparing to launch a collection online, Casa is a gorgeous e-commerce option, designed to let your pieces stand out, while putting a spotlight on your unique brand.

Nantucket

Nantucket is a design for bloggers. Lifestyle, food, travel, beauty, fashion – or all of these. Designed to highlight your content and unique aesthetic, Nantucket has all the bells and whistles a blogging journey requires, and is well-equipped to grow with you, as you start to grow your readership and make a name for yourself.

Whether you’re starting a blog for the first time, taking a DIY’d blog to the next level, or seeking a platform to elevate your personal brand and position yourself as an expert, Nantucket is designed to let your unique aesthetic and voice shine.

Pulse

Pulse is a design for fitness studios. This powerful, modern design is built to empower the small cycling studio or the city-wide yoga chain. Show off your beautiful studio space, easily integrate with MindBody to keep your schedules and bookings up-to-date, and keep the act of finding a class or booking a workshop easy peasy for your customers.

Whether you run a fitness studio or you’re an online business owner who likes the modern and sleek look of the design, Pulse is a versatile design option that can be shaped to fit the needs of your business and showcase the true power of what you do.

Studio

Carefully crafted for the creative entrepreneur, the Studio design was built to speak for itself as a portfolio of your work – one that will beautifully represent the artist behind the brand.

With multiple portfolio categories and a clean and simplistic design, Studio offers easy-to-update functionality to showcase your talents and let your work tell the story for you. With one look at your webpage, prospective clients will “get” you and what you can do for them as the artist that you are.

From web designers and photographers, to artists and stylists, this design will take your talents out of the studio and place them in front of your clients with flair and finesse.

Which Brand Muffin(™) package is right for me?

No matter where you are with your brand, we have a Brand Muffin™ package perfect for giving your business the boost it needs.

The Mini Muffin. Ready to invest in your personal brand and web presence? Our Mini Muffin is the recipe for you. Perhaps your business is still in the idea stage, or maybe you skipped over this process entirely and aren’t clearly defining who you are as a brand in the marketplace. We’ll start you off small (but we’ll pack a punch!) with the following items: strategic roadmapping session, brand identity (logo and positioning line), Style Guide, Coming Soon page with optional email signup, website design and build, award-winning copywriting, Guide to Email Marketing, two press releases or email blasts, brand-name SEO, and one follow-up call scheduled for three months after your website launches. That initial investment will send your business flying sky-high – just follow our lead.

The Mojo Muffin. Maybe you’re a bit further along in the branding process. You’re a designated “DIYer” – someone who launched their business 2-3 years ago, bootstrapped their branding and website, and have worn all the marketing hats ever since. Your brand has the solid foundation it needs and business is good – but you’re crying for help. It’s time to hand off the reins to someone capable of taking your brand to the next level, from DIY to clean and professional. Because as a business owner, time is your biggest asset. Our Mojo will give your brand the freshening it needs to catapult your business forward! With all the basics of our Mini Muffin recipe, this package kicks it up a notch with two additional digital ad designs, SEO setup and implementation, social media profile review, branded imagery for your profiles, and four Instagram promo graphics tailored to your brand. How’s that for Mojo?

The Monster Muffin. Sometimes you just need to bring out the big guns. The Monster Muffin is perfect for all you seasoned entrepreneurs (we promise it’s not as scary as it sounds!). You’ve been in business for over 3 years, and you know what sells and what doesn’t when it comes to your brand. You’re super busy, and we totally get it. If you don’t have the time to stay on top of your web presence, and you’re in desperate need of a brand makeover, the Monster Muffin is made for you. Packed with marketing tools and bursting with flavor, the Monster Muffin package includes all elements of the Mojo Muffin and goes one step further. Our recipe calls for an additional three-hour photoshoot plus an original, compelling video to bring your brand’s story to life. (Our production team will story board, produce and edit the video.) We’re filling our mixing bowls to the brim with this one!

Not sure which branding package is right for you? Let’s start with a roadmapping session. We’ll take an hour to learn about you and your brand, and more importantly, map out a strategic marketing and design plan to help give your brand the boost it needs.

Which website design should I choose?

While each design option was created to suit specific industries, we encourage you to choose the one you that gets you most excited! If once we get started, you think a different design would be better suited to your needs, you can completely change your mind.

Still not sure? We’ve put together a review of who we created each design for, and why we think it will work best for them.

Remedy – A great option for spas, salons, nutritionists, personal trainers, health coaches, and anyone else in the beauty and wellness industry who needs a calm, inviting, online environment to welcome their clients and accept bookings.

Casa – A great option for retail and boutique owners, interior designers, apparel designers, or anyone with a brick-and-mortar shop or a line of products that they want to sell online. This option is designed to feature your in-store brand experience via your website, and can be integrated with Shopify to let you sell your products directly online. Lawson – A great option for lawyers, accountants, realtors, financial advisors, and consultants of any kind. This option is designed to elevate your offerings in a trustworthy and professional environment, without making you look like another piece of the “institution.” This option is designed to keep you modern and approachable. Nantucket – A great option for food, lifestyle and fashion bloggers. Our Nantucket design was created to elevate your content, showcase your aesthetic, and connect you with your users.

Studio – Design for creative entrepreneurs.

Pulse – A great option for fitness studios of any kind. Yoga, spinning, barre, personal training, local gym, aerial silks – you name it. Our Pulse design was created to seamlessly integrate your class schedule with MindBody, feature your studio location(s) and instructors, and connect you with your customers.

Need a little more guidance? Let’s sit down for a roadmapping session, where we can dive deep into your brand and discuss how to move it forward. One hour, strategic planning, design and branding recommendations – it’s all available with a roadmapping session!

I don’t see a website design for my industry. What should I do?

Not to worry! All of the designs that you see on our site are completely customizable. While our industry-specific templates are sure to strike a chord with small business owners of all types, we know that each brand and business owner is uniquely different. If you’re drawn to a certain design but aren’t completely sure if it will work for your business, no problem! As part of our Brand Muffin (™) process, we’ll work with you to make the design fit the needs of your business, or help you choose one that does.

The best place to start is with a roadmapping session. Together, we’ll map out a strategic marketing and design plan to help you get where you need to go, and send you off with a tailored Brand Muffins (™) design and branding package recommendation. If you decide to boost your brand with us, we’ll even throw in a $50 coupon to use on any package.

Is my website going to look exactly like your demos?

The layout of each design that you see in our demos will stay the same for your website – but the color palette, fonts, and imagery will all be unique to your brand.

How do I know if I need to rebrand?

Many of the small business owners who come to us for a rebrand use the same word: they feel stuck. They may have tried investing in other marketing services before with little to no success, or they may have gone it alone up to this point – trying to tackle all facets of marketing strategy on their own but not feeling quite “professional” enough.

And then there’s the headstrong, get-it-done entrepreneurs who are kicking ass and ready to take their brand to the next level. They’re not settling, and their business goals are oriented around one thing: growth.

No matter where your brand stands or how long you’ve been in business, we can give your brand the liftoff it needs to reach new heights – those pinch me, I’m dreaming kind of heights.

Don’t know which branding package is right for you? Let’s start with a roadmapping session. We’ll take an hour to learn about you and your brand, and more importantly, map out a strategic marketing and design plan to help give your brand the boost it needs. We’ll give you a Brand Muffins™ design and branding package recommendation, and a $50 coupon to use on any package, if you decide to boost your brand with us.

What if I’m interested in branding services other than a new website?

Good question! At its core, Brand Muffins™ is a web design service, and we have been hard at work creating a seamless process for small business owners to select industry-specific, stunning designs representative of their brand. Because each Brand Muffin (™) package hinges on a design aesthetic, we need to start with a fresh design! But if you’re not on board with that, not to worry – our sister company DARCI Creative will take care of you. Just send a note to darci@edarci.com with your branding needs.

What if I like my website and just want some updates?

Our recommendation: roadmap it. We’ll start at the beginning with a one-hour strategy session to catch up on you and your brand. We’ll take a closer look at what’s working in your business, what’s not, and talk about how to give it the boost you need. If you choose, you can take our recommendation for a Brand Muffins (™) design and branding package, with a $50 coupon to use on any package.

If you’re still on the fence, though, and simply want a little website maintenance, give a shout to our sisters at DARCI Creative: darci@edarci.com. They’ll work with you on the updates your site needs.

I’m looking for a more customized website design. Can you do that?

Love what you see but still crave a more custom web aesthetic? We totally get it. Since our Brand Muffins™ packages aim to simplify the traditional web design process, we understand that not every business owner will find the perfect fit among our design library (and that’s okay). If that’s you, send a note to our partners at DARCI Creative – they can design a more customized package for your website: darci@edarci.com.

But before you go – consider a roadmapping session! If you’re not sure whether our designs are for you, let’s chat. Together, we’ll map out a strategic marketing and design plan to help you get where you need to go, and send you off with a tailored Brand Muffins™ design and branding package recommendation. If you decide to boost your brand with us, we’ll even throw in a $50 coupon to use on any package.

I want to book, but I’m not 100% sure of my start date yet.

That’s okay! We are flexible. Go ahead and book and we can work with you to decide on the best start date for you so you can realistically reach your goals.

I’m ready to get started! Tell me about your availability.

Fantastic! We’re so pleased that you’re ready to invest in your brand and take your business to the next level. With Brand Muffins™ launching in June 2017, we will be ready to accept new projects for July 2017.

How long will the entire project take?

The entire project can take anywhere between 8-12 weeks, but it can be longer or shorter than that, depending on how promptly you can turn around feedback and approval of our deliverables. This project is a two-way street, so we both need to be meeting our deadlines in order to stay on track.

Do you offer free consultations?

If you have a question about any of our Brand Muffins (™) packages, feel free to send us an email here and we’d be happy to answer them. If you’d like us to consult on a plan and strategy for your rebrand or website launch, we recommend booking a roadmapping session here.

Who are you guys, anyways?

We’re a team of small business specialists from DARCI Creative, a Boutique Brand Agency in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. We are marketers, managers, copywriters, designers and artists who love their craft. We are Seacoast lovers and small business champions. To us, one of the best feelings is to help our small business community and watch our clients transform their brands and build their businesses.

We invite you to meet our team, see what our happy clients have to say about us, or shoot us a quick note to say hello. We can’t wait to get to know you!